I
had a dream. A dream to unite the primary care doctors for a third of
the world's population which is in the Asia Pacific region where the only
readily available medical care for the majority of these people is their
primary care physicians. The on-line Asia Pacific Family Medicine will
now be able to achieve this.

It
was almost six years ago that a group of enthusiastic Asia Pacific family
medicine journal editors got together at the Wonca Conference in Seoul,
South Korea and we began this long journey to bring about this journal.
This new on-line development will be able to reach out to many more doctors
in this diverse part of the world, which is however over-lapping in many
ways, including culture and illnesses. The recent SARS and bird flu events
show that we are all part of this huge Asia Pacific family.

It
is however important to emphasise that this journal is for all the family
doctors in the region and this is YOUR journal. It will only succeed with
your support.